G. S. Moore Farm: Santonian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Pycnodontidae indet.
(Agassiz 1833)
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Crossognathiformes
- Pachyrhizodontidae
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Pachyrhizodus caninus
Cope 1872
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Pachyrhizodus kingi
Cope 1872
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Pachyrhizodus minimus
Stewart 1899
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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Enchodus petrosus
Cope 1874
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Dercetidae
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Stratodus apicalis
Cope 1872
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Albula dunklei n. sp.
Applegate 1970
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Tselfatiiformes
- Plethodidae
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Bananogmius crieleyi n. sp.
Applegate 1970
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
| recombined as Pentanogmius crieleyi | ||||||||||
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Bananogmius cf. zitteli
Loomis 1900
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Moorevillia hardi n. gen., n. sp.
Applegate 1970
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Saurodontidae
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? Saurodon sp.
Hays 1829
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
| sp. 1 & 2 | ||||||||||
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Saurodon leanus
Hays 1830
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Saurocephalus cf. lanciformis
Harlan 1834
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Ichthyodectidae
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Xiphactinus audax
(Leidy 1870)
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Pachycormiformes
- Pachycormidae
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Protosphyraena sp.
Leidy 1857
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Protosphyraena ? nitida
(Cope 1873)
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Podocnemis alabamae n. sp.
Zangerl 1948
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Zangerl 1948 | |||||||||
| it is not clear which locality P. alabamae is from | ||||||||||
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= Bothremydina indet.
Gaffney et al. 2006
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Gaffney et al. 2009 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Pseudocoracidae
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Pseudocorax affinis
(Agassiz 1843)
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Cretoxyrhinidae
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Isurus mantelli
(Agassiz 1835)
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
| recombined as Cretoxyrhina mantelli | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Lamna appendiculata
Agassiz 1835
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
| recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax falcatus
(Agassiz 1843)
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon
(Agassiz 1843)
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
| recombined as Lamna raphiodon | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
- Edaphodontidae
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Edaphodon mirificus
Leidy 1856
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Applegate 1970 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Dallas |
| Coordinates: | 32.4° North, 87.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.8° North, 56.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Selma |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | FMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 81928 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, R. Benson | Enterer: | M. Uhen, R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-07-18 13:34:41 | Last modified: | 2019-09-19 21:40:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-07-18 13:34:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27620. | R. Zangerl. 1948. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part I. Introduction. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(1):1-16 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 27582 | S. P. Applegate. 1970. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama, part VIII, the fishes. Fieldiana: Geology Memoires 3(8):385-433 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham] | |
| 41941 | E. S. Gaffney, G. E. Hooks III, and V. P. Schneider. 2009. New material of North American side-necked turtles (Pleurodira: Bothremydidae). American Museum Novitates 3655:1-26 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 27686 | P. C. Gill, G. J. B. Ross, W. H. Dawbin and H. Wapstgra. 2000. Confirmed sightings of dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) in southern Australian waters. Marine Mammal Science 16(2):452-459 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 785 | R. Zangerl. 1948. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part II. The Pleurodiran turtles. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(2):23-56 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen] |